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by mjp1185

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I have a problem with my computer. Every time I start windows a box appears titled New Hardware Found. There is a problem with the PCI Card or something. What do I need to do in order to fix this problem?

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by thechas

You need to determine what hardware has a bad or missing driver and install the correct driver.

Open System Properties, and look at the Hardware or Device Manager tab.

Look for a device that has a yellow "?" or "!" mark next to it.

If you can determine what card it is, download and install the latest driver.

Otherwise, post a comment back here with the specific description of the device in device manager.

The most common PCI devices to have problems are sound cards and voice modems.

These often need 2 or 3 sets of drivers installed for all functions to work properly.

Chas

by thechas

Got your message.

You did not say that you could not use your PC in the original question.

Does this error warning come up in Windows?
Or during the POST process?

The first thing to try, is to remove all plug-in cards except your video card.

If you still can't boot into Windows, you could have any number of problems.

It could be a hardware failure on the motherboard, or a corrupt OS file.

Try booting into safe mode.
If you can get into safe mode, you likely have a driver or hardware issue.

Since you posted this in the Windows 95/98 section, I assume that you are running Windows 98.

If you are running Windows 9x, first, make sure that you have less than 511MB of system RAM.
Windows 95, 98, and Me do not function well with more than 511MB of RAM.

Then, boot from a startup disk, and re-install Windows.
Make sure that you use the C:\Windows folder as the destination so that you do not get 2 instances of Windows.

Then, install your plug-in cards one at a time.

Chas

by zlitocook

Did you put in a new device? Like a video card or a new USB card? Or did you have a power brown out, where your home had the power shut down? You may need to remove one device at time and reinstall it, from the control panel. I have had this happen a few times because I did not have the driver disks when it asked for it. You can get all your CD's for your computer and search for the missing driver or remove each device like modem, network card ect. And reboot, then shut down and add the card and reinstall. It is best to install the correct drivers first.

by georgian3000

You need to cheak .which hardware has a bad or missing driver and install the correct driver.

Open System Properties, and look at the Hardware or Device Manager tab.

Look for a device that has a yellow "?" or "!" mark next to it.

If you can determine what card it is,then you can go a head and load the drivers if you have it or you can alway's download and install the latest driver.

Otherwise,feel free to post your question again here.
The most common PCI devices to have problems are sound cards and voice modems.

tharun

by hughiemcginley

If this hppens every time and you are happy that you pc is running ok you wish no longer to worry about it then continue on the dialogue and go o/k
ppont the request for info to the system folder and the device will end up in the device manager with a yellow asterix if it has not found the correct driver but it wont annoy you again

by lenmf2

Firstly identify which PCI card is giving you the error message, if necessary remove it & restart your PC,(device man. should now be free of errors/exclamation marks),then reinsert the card in an available slot & ensure to install all of the correct drivers, also ensure that there are no IRQ/memory conflicts!

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